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<h3>Hypertext Help with LaTeX</h3>

<h2>Lists</h2>

<p>LaTeX provides several List-Making Environments. These may be
    nested up to four deep. </p>

<p>The items in the list are given by
    <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt> commands. A blank line
    before an <tt>\item</tt> command has no effect.</p>


<h3>List-Making Enviroments</h3>

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    <dt><b><a href="ltx-31.html">Description</a></b></dt>
    <dd>Typically used for giving short definitions or
        descriptions; the <tt>label</tt> argument of the
        <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt> command generally
        giving the term being described (although it
        <strong>can</strong> be left blank, it will look strange).
        The text of the <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt>
        command is indented.
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    <dt><b><a href="ltx-222.html">Enumerate</a></b></dt>
    <dd>Typically used for numbered lists.
        <a href="ltx-3.html">Counters</a> for these lists are
        provided by <tt>enumi, emumii, enumiii, enumiv</tt>,
        respectively, for the four levels of nesting.
    </dd>

    <dt><b><a href="ltx-250.html">Itemize</a></b></dt>
    <dd>Typically used for unnumbered lists. The default
        <tt>label</tt> argument of the
        <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt> command produces
        "tick-marks" which vary by level of nesting, generally
        "bullets" for the first level.
    </dd>

    <dt><b><a href="ltx-260.html">List</a></b></dt>
    <dd>Produces a list of labeled items and has required
        arguments that allow a great deal of flexibility in layout.
        It is generally used to define new environments with the
        <tt><a href="ltx-19.html">\newenvironment</a></tt> command,
        or to set up one-of-a-kind lists.
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    <dt><b><a href="trivlist.html">Trivlist</a></b></dt>
    <dd>Like the List Environment, using the currently defined
        values of list-making parameters; normally used to define an
        environment with a single item, with an
        <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt> command as part of
        the environment definition.
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    See also <tt><a href="item.html">\item</a></tt><br>
    See also <a href="ltx-3.html">Counters</a>,
    <a href="ltx-27.html">Environments</a><br>
    Go to <a href="ltx-2.html">LaTeX Table of Contents</a>
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    Revised 18 May 1995.
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